Printing press



Mac 2,1926. 1,574,851

R. c. SEYMOUR PRINTING PRESS ori inal Filed August 24,

1920 2' Sheets-Sheeti Marh 2 1926. 1,574,851

r 7 R c. SEYMOUR PRINTING PRESS Original Filed August 24, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A ugust- 24,

Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

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()bj Cats and ad-vantages of the': invention will be set fo'rtlfi in part" 1'1e'1eztfterandin part'wil-l be obvioushereftom, onmay' learned by n'acti'cewvitli the invent-ion? the same being real'izethmld attained bylneansofxthe instrumentalities and combinations pointed out in the appenfl'ed chi 1111s The invention "eon'si'stsin the novel parts;- constructions; arrangements; comhinati elis' and" improvements herein" shown and de scribed."

The ecemnp :mying "d-iztW-ings, referred to herein and constituting a part hereof, illus tmte one-'emhbdiinent of the invent-i 'on, ant-1 together withthe description; serve to ex plain the principles of the/invention? Of'the chewingsz- Fig; 1 is'e sideelevation"of a 'part-ofiaw pl'i nting press embodying the"invention, and 3 cox-responds to- Fig. 7 and the left hand p of Fig; 1- ofmy said application Ser. Ne.

405 688; patented Marc-h 1 3 192 3, NO. 1,4489%:

Fig. 2 corresponds to thel ef-t' "hand p art" of Fig. 1, butshows'thennechhnism and paper rolls inn-'difierent position;

Fig: 3 is a vertical, transversesect-ion 611* line of: Fig. 2;

Figs; 4 and5c0rresp0nd to Fig? 2, butf show; respectivelmthe mechanism and papel" rolls in C'Lifierent positfonsi;- and Fig" sum-mgenlarges;- lionzsnm wettest OIYHTL e45 of Figi-i j In the perms a t-heathen see 405 528;the mvennonais shbwifia certtin other featufesmf the -;in'ikefitionyafv especiallyapplicnhle to one of the a f o i e mentioned mechanisms orto the other. The presentiapplifiiitihn is d'ifieted nitir espelng =-undrstood th illustrated in Fig. 7 and in the left hand part of Fig. 1 of the parent application Ser. No. 405,638, already referred to. One of the plate cylinders of the printing press is indicated by 1, having its shaft 2 journaled in the press frame. The inking mechanism of the plate cylinder is indicated diagrammatically at 3. The impression cylinder 4 cooperates with the plate cylinder 1 to make the first impression, the web a; runningbetween the cylinders.

Referring now more particularly to the mechanism for handling the roll of printing paper which is to be supplied to the press, a pair of bearings 10 of the press frame. The trackways 11 are approximately horizontal, but preferably are very slightly inclined inwardly or toward the printing mechanism proper soas to facilitate the rolling or sliding of the new roll of printing paper into position in the bearingslO. A second pair of bearings 12 for themandrel of the roll at of printing paper are preferablyprovided, similarly to the two pairs of bearings 29 and 31 shown in Fig. 1 of the parent case for the offset.

roll.

In the illustrated embodiment, a pair of guideways 13 .and 14 are provided on the ends of the press frame, and these are preferably vertically or approximately vertically arranged. These guideways are preferably T shaped, as best shownin Fig. 6. Mounted to slide or travel along the guideways, respectively, are saddles 15 and 16, which engage-beneath the ends of the mandrel. 17. The saddles are formed with a guide member 20, which is provided with a face21 engaging with the face of the guideway 13, and'is alsoprovided with side portions 22 and 23 extending along the sides of the guide 13, and with inner end portions 24 and 25 which extend back of the guide 13. Thus the saddles embrace their respective guides, but are sli'dable therealong.

Each of the saddles is provided with a roll-supporting member, consisting of apart 26 extending outwardly from the body 20 of the saddle, the upper surface of the memher 26 engaging beneath the corresponding end of the mandrel 17. of the member 26 is preferably inclined inwardly and downwardly toward the. cor- .respondingguideway 13 or 14-, so that as the roll is lifted the action of gravity will cause the mandrel 17 to rest both on the saddles against the faces of the guides 13 and 14, and thus be secure from rolling off the supports. This construction enables the mandrel 17 to pass over the saddles 20 when they are depressed but very little below the mandrel, and obviates the necessity of any special fastenings or other. mechanism for are formed, respectively, in a pair of trackwaysll, which are formed on the upper side or edge of a part a load.

lhis upper surface holding the mandrel in against its slipping off the saddles after the roll .90 has been lifted from the floor or other support. This construction also permits and facilitates the sliding or rolling of the mandrel from the saddles onto the trackways 11 when the saddles had been raised to thelevel of the trackways.

Means are provided for raising and lowering the saddles and for holding them in any desired position along their path of travel. As embodied, two bars 30 and 31extend downwardly, respectively, from the saddles 15 and 16, and may conveniently extend into depressions in the floor. On its inner edge the bar 30 is provided with a straight gear 32, and bar 31 is provided with a like gear 33. Meshing with the gear 32 is a gear wheel 36, and meshing with the gear 33 is a gear wheel 37, both gear wheels being fixed on a shaft 38, which shaft is journaled at 39 and 40 in the machine frame.

The embodied form of means for rotating the shaft 38 comprises a ratchet wheel 44 fixed on the shaft 38, a lever 45 loosely pivoted on the shaft, and a pawl 46, which is pivoted on lever 45 and engages with the teeth of the ratchet 44.

Suitable detent means are provided for the ratchet wheel 44, and preferably in connection therewith a release and a braking mechanism, whereby the saddles may be lowered under control either. with or without In the parent case this mechanism is shown applied to the same construction of pawl and ratchet mechanism for the offset roll, andin the same relation. As embodied, in Fig; 5, a detent 4-7 is pivoted at 48 on the machine frame, and is provided with a tail 49 which may be actuated by the foot of the workman. Extending from the tail 49 is an arm 50, provided with a brake shoe 51 adapted to engage with a brake pulley or roll 52, fixed on shaft 38. A spring 53 yieldably holds the detent to the ratchet and the brake off from the brake pulley.

The manner of operation of the mechanism will be clear in the main from the foregoing. In Fig. 2 of the drawings, the web from paper roll x is shown running into the press and a new roll of paper 00' is shown resting upon the floor, and with the saddles 26 in position therebeneath, ready to lift the roll by its mandrel 17. In Fig. 4, the now almost depleted roll 03 has been moved from the bearings 10 to the bearings 12 to make room for the new roll :12, and the roll w has been raised, through the actuation of hand lever 4-5, and the upper surface of the saddles 26 are shown just flush with the corresponding trackways 11, whereby themandrel 17 of the roll x will be rolled or slid with very little effort onto and along the trackways 11. 1

place to guard lama-s51 The inclination of the trackWaysmayJ be suflici'entso that theroll will itsel fl under the action ofgravity, moveslo'wly along the trackway until it rests 'in' the bearings '10. 'lin'F-ig. the lead enact the 'Web 00 is shown attached to thetail 'end'ofthe exhausted web :11, the new web being thereby led through the press bythe oldw eb in a well known manner.

"By stepping on lever or tail l9, the detent 4-? is lifted out of pawl 48, and=brake companying claims without departing from the principles of the invention and without sacrificing its chief advantages.

ll hat I claim is:

1. In COlIllOlIlLL-l'Oll in a printing"press, bearings in fixed position onthe press side frames rotatively l supporting the mandrel of a paper roll, and means for elevating a paper roll and delivering it'to said bearings including traveling saddles extending rear- \\"ardly from the ends ofthe press frame and slidahly associated therewith and adapted o engage beneath the ends of the mandrel of a paper '10ll resting on'the floor and to lift the roll.

2. In combination in aprinting press, trackways on the press side frames and bearings for rotatively supporting the' ends of a paper roll mandrel, upwardly extending guidewaysterminating at the trackways and saddles movable'al'ong the guideways and extending from the gu-ideways in the opposite direction from 1 the trackways.

3. In combination in a printing press, traekways on the press-side frames and bearings for rotativelysupporting the ends of a paper roll mandrel, upwardly extending guideways terminating at the track'ways "and saddles movable along thegnideways and extending from the guidewaysin the 0pposite direction from the traokways, the guideways also extending downwardly to permit the -ends of the -mandrel=of a paper roll resting on the floor to pass -a bove-said saddles.

4. In combination ina printingpress, bearings for the ends of the mandrel "of a paper roll, a pair of upwardly extending guideways terminating substantially at the level of the bearings, and a pair of saddles movable on the guideways and having supporting means forthe ends of the mandrel on the opposite sides of the guides from the bearings, and adapted to direct said mandrel ends against said guideways.

' 5. In combination in a printingf -press a pan-of trackways formed-on the tops of extensions of'the side frames of the press, two

sets of bearings formed in the trackway,

each set adaptedato rotatably support'the ends of a p'aper roll-mandrel, upwardly extending guide'ways on the ends of said on t6HSlOl1S,"t11d t'ellnlnittlhg at the traclzways,

and a pairof mandrel supporting saddles movable along, and extending outwardly from the guideways, and means for moving the saddles together. V

b. 1n combination m a printing" press, a

pair of trackways formed on the tops ofertensions of'the side frames of the press,

inclined slightly "downwardly toward the press, t'wo'sets of bearings formed in the trackway, each set adapted to rotatably sup port the ends of a paper roll mandrel,npv Wardly extendingguideways on the ends 335 of said extensions, and terminating at the trackways, and a palr of mandrel support ing saddles movable along, and extending outwardly irom'the guideways,,and means 7 for moving the-saddles together.

7. In; combination in a printing press, a pair of trackways formed on thetops of 6X- tensions of the side frames-ofthe press, two sets :of bearings termed in the trackway, each set adapted to rotatably support the ends of a paper roll mandrel, upwardly extending guideways on the ends of said extensions, and terminating at the trackways,

"and' a pair or mandrel supporting saddles movable along, and extending outwardly from the gnideways, and means for moving the saddles together, the gnideways extendingdowrrwardly to permitthe mandrel of a paper roll on the floor to pass ahove=the saddles.

8.- In combination 'in aprinting press, a substantially horizontally disposed trach- Way, a pair of saddleswith tops sloping toward the press, Vertical guideways on=the press'on wlrieh the SLtlGllGSflllOVQilP and "down, and means-tor simultaneo usly operatingthe-saddles, whereby the mandrel of a roll ofpaper islifted to the level of the trackway and rolls down the sloping tops of the saddles onto the *track'way, '9. In combination in a printing press, a trackway, substantially horizontally disposed, but with a slight slope toward the pressya p'air of bearings ifor a paper roll mandrel at the lower end of-said traclrway, a pair of saddles the tops of which slope toward the :press, :gnideways on the press with Whichthe saddles slidably engage, and means fior simultaneously operating the saddles wherebyaroll of paper is lifted to the traclzway and rolls oltthe saddles and along the-trackway to the said bearings.

r 10. In combination in a printing press a pair 'of trackways tor the ends ofa paper roll mandrel, a pair oli gnideways extending upwardly to the trackways, a pair of roll lifting devices moving along the guideways, and common actuating means connected to both lifting devices and extending across the press below the trackways.

11. In combination in a printing press a pair of trackways for the ends of a paper roll mandrel, a pair of guideways extending upwardly to the trackways, a pair of roll lifting devices moving along the guideways, and common actuating means connected to both lifting devices and extending across the press below the trackways, the guideways extending downwardly so that the mandrel of a paper roll resting on the floor may pass above the lifting devices.

12. In combination in a printing press a pair of trackways for the ends of a paper roll mandrel, a pair of guideways extending upwardly to the trackways, a pair of roll lifting devices moving along the guideways, and including geartoothed members, and common actuating means having geartoothed members meshing with the firstmentioned gear-toothed members connected to both lifting devices and extending across the press below the trackways.

13. In combination in a printing press a pair of trackways for the ends of a paper roll mandrel, a pair of guideways extending to, and terminating upwardly at, the trackways, a pair of roll lifting devices, extending from the guideways in the opposite direction from the trackways, moving along the guideways, and including gear-toothed members, and common actuating means for said roll lifting devices having gear-toothed members meshing with the first-mentioned gear-toothed members, connected to both lifting devices and extending across the press below the trackways, the guideways extending downwardly so that the mandrel of a paper roll resting on the floor may pass above the lifting devices.

14. In combination in a printing press a pair of bearings for rotatively supporting the ends of a paper roll mandrel, means for conveying a paper roll thereto including guideways, a pair of mandrel-engaging lifting saddles traveling on the guideways, gear racks extendingfrom the saddles, gear pinions meshing with the racks, a shaft on which the pinions are fixed and extending across the press, and means whereby the shaft may be rotated.

15. In combination in a printing press a pair of bearings for rotatively supporting the ends of a paper roll mandrel, means for conveying a paper roll thereto including guideways, a pair of mandrel-engaging lifting saddles traveling on the guideways, gear racks extending from the saddles, gear pinions meshing with the racks, a shaft on which the pinions are fixed and extending across the press, and means whereby the shaft may be rotated, the guideways extending downwardly so that the mandrel of a paper roll resting on the floor may pass above the lifting devices.

16. In combination in a printing press a pair of bearings for rotatively supporting and extending across the press, the shaft and. pinion being below the level of the bearings, and means whereby the shaft may be rotated.

17. In combination in a printing press a pair of bearings for rotatively supporting the ends of a paper roll mandrel, means for conveying a paper roll thereto including guideways, a pair of mandrel-engaging lifting saddles traveling on the guideways, and extending from the guideways on the opposide from the bearings, gear racks extending fromthe saddles, gear pinions meshing with the racks, a shaft on which the pinions are fixed and extending across the press, and, means whereby the shaft may be rotated.

18. In combination in a printing press a pair of bearings for rotatively supporting the ends of a paper roll mandrel, means for conveying a paper roll thereto including guideways terminating at substantially the level of said bearings, a pair of mandrelengaging lifting saddles traveling on the guideways, and extending from the guideways on the opposite side from the bearings, gear racks extending from the saddles, gear pinions meshing with the racks, a shaft on which the pinions are fixed and extending across the press, the shaft and pinions being below the level of the bearings, and means whereby the shaft may be rotated.

19. In combination in a printing press a substantially horizontally disposed trackway, upwardly extending guideways carried on the end of the press frame and cooperating therewith, saddles slidable on the guideways, and means located entirely below the level of the trackway for raising the saddles simultaneously for lifting a paper roll onto the trackway.

20. In combination in a printing press a substantially horizontal trackway, substantially vertical guideways cooperating therewith, saddles slidable on the guideways, a horizontally extending shaft, means operatively connecting the shaft and saddles whereby the saddles are simultaneously raised upon rotation of the shaft, and manually operated means for rotating the shaft.

21. In combination with a printing press,

vertical guides on the ends of the side frame of the press, saddles slidable on said guides, a horizontally extending shaft adjacent the saddles, means operatively connecting the shaft and the saddles, and means for rotating the shaft.

22. In combination With a printing press, vertical guides on the ends of the side frame of the press, saddles slidable on said guides, a horizontally extending shaft adjacent the 10 saddles, pinions carried by the shaft, racks carried by the saddles, meshing with the pinions, and means for rotating the shaft.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

RALPH C. SEYMOUR. 

